Arriving into Taipei, I was able to easily follow signs to the bus that takes me from TPE to Taipei main station (1 hour ride and about $5 USD). Taipei main station is just like what it sounds like, you can access the metro, the high-speed rail, or buses. I met up with my friend who I was staying with, and we started our four day adventure of eating, drinking, and site seeing.
My other friend, who I met there, wrote a blog on 100 things to do in 14 days in Taipei. My activities were mostly with her, so it seems repetitive if I write about it twice (ok I might just be lazy).
Shrimping:
Say what?!
This was the first thing my friend mentioned to me when we met up, and it was last thing I would have thought of to do while in Taipei. BUT @%$#@!&%^ I reccomend this to anyone going to Taipei.
Picture a non-AC, grungy, fishy smelling warehouse with shallow pools and people sitting around them in plastic chairs with wooden rods in hand. Put bait on the hooks, throw your line in, and hope for a bite! When your time is up you get to skewer and bbq your catch to eat! Suggested time is 2 hours of shrimping (500 NTD or about $15 USD) and 1.5 hour of bbq and eating. Restaurant in same complex so you can order beers while you shrimp and/or food to compliment your catch.
This was the first thing my friend mentioned to me when we met up, and it was last thing I would have thought of to do while in Taipei. BUT @%$#@!&%^ I reccomend this to anyone going to Taipei.
Picture a non-AC, grungy, fishy smelling warehouse with shallow pools and people sitting around them in plastic chairs with wooden rods in hand. Put bait on the hooks, throw your line in, and hope for a bite! When your time is up you get to skewer and bbq your catch to eat! Suggested time is 2 hours of shrimping (500 NTD or about $15 USD) and 1.5 hour of bbq and eating. Restaurant in same complex so you can order beers while you shrimp and/or food to compliment your catch.
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| Waiting for a bite |
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| Grilling |
Eating:
These are covered extensively in my friends blog mentioned earlier, which includes locations and how to get there. These are just the things that really stood out to me.
Ice Monster: Delicious Taiwanese snow, really hard to describe. It is like soft wavy icy heaven with various flavors, really a texture I have not experienced until I ate it.
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| Boba, Coffee, and Mango snow |
Night market: Food and fun! Eat anything from stinky tofu to chicken butt, play carnival games, and haggle for clothes/gifts!
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| One of the larger night markets in Taipei |
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| Sausage! |
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| Chicken butt |
I'm going to stop posting pictures of what I ate there, since you will all think I'm a fatty........
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